HIST 607 O3A / POLSC 607 O3A: America During the Cold War The simmering conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1989 was the defining phenomenon of the age, affecting not only the country’s foreign policy but its politics, society, economy, and culture as well. In this course students will […]
HIST 501 O2B / POLSC 501 O2B: The American Revolution This course focuses on three topics: political developments in North America and the British empire and the arguments for and against independence, culminating in the Declaration of Independence; the Revolutionary War as a military, social and cultural event in the development of the American nation […]
HIST 644 O2A / POLSC 644 O2A: The Congress This course focuses on the legislative branch of the US government. It examines topics such as the constitutional powers of Congress, the relations between Congress and the other branches of the federal government and the states, and the changing structure and internal politics of Congress. Schedule: […]
HIST 624 1A / POLSC 624 1A: The American Western This course is an intensive study of several classic American Westerns, in both print and film. The American Western reflects something fundamental about both the American mind and the American regime. The Western’s emphasis on courage and self-reliance, for example, arises from that same American […]
HIST 660 1A / POLSC 660 1A: The United States and the Holocaust This course will focus on the American and allied response to the Holocaust. We will also look at the rise of Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party, examine the ideology that fueled Nazism, as well as the creation of the institutions […]
HIST 643 1A / POLSC 643 1A: Federalism, the Separation of Powers, and the Constitution This course will focus on how the American judiciary as understood the Constitution’s two great institutional structures. First, it will explore the concept and practice of separation of powers into legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Second, the course will take […]
HIST 641 1A / POLSC 641 1A: The Supreme Court This course is an intensive study of the highest court in the federal judiciary, focusing on the place of the Supreme Court in the American constitutional order. Areas of study may include the relationship between the Court and the other branches of the federal government […]
HIST 507 1A / POLSC 507 1A: Lincoln This course provides an in-depth study of Abraham Lincoln’s political thought and action. Students will study Lincoln’s most important speeches, as well as study various aspects of his political leadership, including his role as the leader of the Republican party and as commander in chief. The course […]
HIST 642 O4B / POLSC 642 O4B: Political Parties (2) This course examines the development of American political parties, focusing on the meaning of parties and historic moments in the rise and fall of political parties from the Founding era to the present. Topics may include re-aligning elections, changing coalitions within American parties, and […]
HIST 613 O4A / POLSC 613 O4A: Postwar America, 1945-1973 (2) An examination of the United States during the three decades following the Second World War. The social, economic, political, and diplomatic development of the country is stressed with a thematic emphasis. Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 8:15-11:30 p.m. ET Materials: Syllabus Course Pack
